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go to hell

VERB
debauch
Synonyms
STRONG
abuse bastardize bestialize betray brutalize debase defile deflower demoralize fornicate fraternize intrigue inveigle lure pervert pollute ravish ruin seduce subvert tempt violate vitiate warp
WEAK
go bad lead astray live in the gutter
Antonyms
STRONG
be loyal clean defend disenchant disgust help honor obey praise protect purify repulse straighten value
WEAK
cleanse improve upgrade

Example Sentences

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"He said to her: 'You're no longer my sister', and she told him to go to hell."

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“He has no problem telling his friends like me to go to hell if he does not get what he wants, as he should,” Davis said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Once I decided that I didn’t care anymore, I just expected for them to kind of allow things just to go to hell around the house — but it was quite the opposite.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

Cohn agreed and advised Trump to tell the feds “to go to hell and fight the thing in court.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

This whole thing probably seemed simple to him: Ocean thought I was pretty and he’d told me so; I hadn’t told him to go to hell, so here we were.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi